1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 22–15 vs. Michigan
Conference Pacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
1986 record10–1–1 (5–1–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jim Colletto (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Larry Marmie (2nd season)
Home stadium Sun Devil Stadium
(Capacity: 70,021)
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 110 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 18 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 18 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 09 3 0
Stanford 5 3 08 4 0
USC 5 3 07 5 0
Oregon 3 5 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 13 7 1
California 2 7 02 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented Arizona State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Season summary

Arizona State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst looked uncomfortable in the first two games of the season, wins over Michigan State and SMU. He threw five interceptions in the third game of year against Washington State, which ended in a 21–21 tie. [1] A 16–9 win for Arizona State over UCLA in Pasadena on October 4 later proved to be the deciding game in the race for the Pac-10 Conference title. The Sun Devils then defeated Oregon in Eugene and returned to Southern California to defeat USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, becoming the first Pac-10 team to beat both Los Angeles area conference members on their home turf.

With three straight wins at home over former WAC nemesis, Utah, Washington, and Cal, combined with a UCLA loss to Stanford, Arizona State clinched the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth on November 8. [1] The Sun Devils dropped their final game of the regular season to in-state rival Arizona, 34–17, in the annual battle for the Territorial Cup. The Sun Devils then defeated Michigan 22–15 on January 1, 1987, for their first Rose Bowl Game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 137:30 pmNo. 20 Michigan State * WTBS W 20–1770,689
September 207:30 pm SMU *No. 18
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 30–070,511
September 277:30 pm Washington State No. 11
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
T 21–2170,543
October 411:30 amat No. 15 UCLA No. 16 CBS W 16–951,533
October 111:00 pmat Oregon No. 15W 37–1728,552
October 181:30 pmat No. 15 USC No. 10W 29–2065,874
October 257:30 pm Utah *No. 9
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 52–767,130
November 17:30 pmNo. 6 Washington No. 7
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
KTVK W 34–2171,589
November 85:00 pm California No. 5
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
WTBSW 49–070,239
November 157:30 pm Wichita State *No. 5
  • Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
W 52–665,333 [2]
November 221:30 pmat No. 14 Arizona No. 4CBSL 17–3458,267
January 13:00 pmvs. No. 4 Michigan *No. 7 NBC W 22–15103,168

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Personnel

1986 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE Robert Arcoraci
WR 84 Aaron Cox Jr
RB Paul Day
QB 7Daniel FordSo
TE Jeff Gallimore
WR 85Chris GarrettSo
RB 12 Darryl Harris Jr
WR Bruce Hill
WR Tony Johnson
OL 65 Todd Kalis Jr
OL Scott Kirby
TE Stein Koss
G 62 Randall McDaniel Jr
RB Mike Skala
OL Kevin Thomas
RB Darin Tupper
QB 10 Jeff Van Raaphorst Sr
OL Danny Villa
OL Jim Warne
RB Kent Wendorf
FB Channing Williams
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 25 Eric Allen Jr
DL 93Trace ArmstrongJr
DB 26Robby BoydSo
LB 36Greg ClarkJr
LB Stacy Harvey
DB Jeff Joseph
DL Skip McClendon
DL Larry McGlothen
DB Anthony Parker
DL 97 Shawn Patterson Jr
DL Jim Reynosa
DL Frank Rudolph
DL Dan Saleaumua
LB Scott Stephen
DB Darren Willis
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Kent Bostrom
P 6Mike SchuhSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP 18111615109755 (1)4 (1)874
Coaches 171114131097554885

Game summaries

at Arizona

#4 Arizona State Sun Devils (9–0–1) at #14 Arizona Wildcats (7–2)
1234Total
Arizona St0100717
Arizona7771334

at Arizona StadiumTucson, Arizona

vs. Michigan (Rose Bowl)

#4 Michigan vs. #7 Arizona State
1234Total
Wolverines870015
Sun Devils0136322

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References

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  3. 1986 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results
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